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OSHA’s Dallas area office renewed and updated a Regional Emphasis Program targeting hazardous noise across several manufacturing sectors, extending the initiative through March 2029, covering wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321), plastics and rubber products manufacturing (326), cement and concrete product manufacturing (3273), nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing (327), and cut stone and stone product manufacturing (327991).
These industries were identified among the top eight in OSHA’s Industry Profile for Standard 1910.95, Occupational Noise Exposure, making hearing protection programs, noise monitoring and engineering or administrative controls especially relevant during inspections and audits.
The office excluded fabricated metal products (NAICS 332) from the new high-noise REP since it already maintains a separate emphasis program for that sector, avoiding duplicative enforcement
Coverage also extends to worksites in New Mexico under federal jurisdiction.
The Dallas Region’s Consultation Project Offices in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas will offer outreach, consultation services and training to affected employers upon request, and covered manufacturers are advised to review noise monitoring records, hearing conservation documentation and proactive PPE availability.

A 45-year-old dump truck driver was killed Monday night after being struck by another construction vehicle inside a work zone on I-95 just south of Tradition in Port St. Lucie, Florida, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The driver had stepped out of their dump truck on the northbound lanes when they were hit by a tractor towing a sweeper that was traveling south as part of a repaving improvement project.
The injured worker was transported to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, where they later died.
The driver of the other vehicle was arrested on an unrelated warrant, and FHP’s Traffic Homicide Investigation into the crash remains ongoing.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office identified Joel Antonio Alverez Renderos, 44, of Darlington, Wisconsin, as the construction worker who died after falling through a roof last Friday around 8:10 a.m. on County Q in Highland, Wisconsin.
Alverez was part of a crew repairing the roof of a farm building when he fell approximately 30 feet through the roof to the concrete floor below.
First responders administered life-saving measures at the scene, but he died before further treatment could be provided.
An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.

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